Roskovec

Roskovec Roskoveci ( Designation in an indefinite and definite form )
Coordinates: 40 ° 44 '  N , 19 ° 42'  E
Basic data
Qark :	Fier
Municipality :	Roskovec
Height :	30  m above sea level A.
Area :	118.01 km²
Residential place :	4975 (2011)
Bashkia residents :	21,742 (2011)
Population density (Bashkia):	184 inhabitants / km²
Telephone code :	(+355) 0382
Postal code :	9306
Politics and administration (as of 2019 )
Mayoress :	Majlinda Bufi ( PS )
Website :	www.bashkiaroskovec.gov.al
Monument at the eastern entrance to the town

Roskovec ( Albanian  also  Roskoveci ) is a small town in Albania . The city is located between Fier and Berat in the Fier district and has 4975 inhabitants (2011).

In 2015 the three surrounding communities Kuman (west; 5611 inhabitants), Kurjan (southeast; 3618 inhabitants) and Struma (east; 7538 inhabitants) were incorporated. The new municipality ( bashkia ) has 21,742 inhabitants (as of 2011).

Roskovec is located on the edge of the Myzeqe plain a few kilometers south of the Seman River , the largest river in Central Albania. Towards the south and east the terrain becomes hilly and gradually rises into the mountains of southern Albania. Between Roskovec and Kurjan, a large water reservoir for irrigation (Ujëmbledhësi i Kurjanit) was created between 1958 and 1962 . The lake with a capacity of 30 million cubic meters is one of the largest reservoirs in Albania.

Most of the inhabitants of the village, which is dominated by agriculture, come from the surrounding area. Among them there are Muslims and Orthodox Christians . Crude oil is produced northwest of Roskovec near the village of Marinëz  .

The name Roskovec comes from the Bulgarian language . The village developed into a small regional administrative center and military base in the first half of the 19th century. The place was known as the Frashër Market . In 1927, 199 exclusively Muslim residents were recorded in Roskovec, the entire municipality of Roskovec , which was part of the Berat sub-prefecture , had 4 9438 inhabitants, of which around 1000 were Orthodox.

On May 2, 2009, the Albanian opposition politician Fatmir Xhindi was murdered in Roskovec .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Ines Nurja: Censusi i popullsisë dhe banesave / Population and Housing Census - Fier 2011 . Results Kryesore / Main Results. Ed .: INSTAT . Pjesa / Part 1. Adel Print, Tirana 2013 ( instat.gov.al [PDF; accessed April 14, 2019]).
2. ↑ Akademia e Shkencave e RPSSH (ed.): Fjalor enciklopedik shqiptar . Tirana 1985, keyword Ujëmbledhësi i Kurjanit , p. 1128 .
3. ↑ Akademia e Shkencave e RPSSH (ed.): Fjalor enciklopedik shqiptar . Tirana 1985, keyword Roskoveci , p. 923 .
4. ↑ Teki Selenica: Shqipria më 1927 . L'Albanie en 1927. Shtypshkronja Tirana, Tirana 1928.